I can't help but feel like the Northside is the bicycling heart of Cincinnati. It doesn't hurt that the Northside is the home of the MoBo Bicycle Cooperative and SPUN Bicycles. When ever anything happens in the Northside you're guaranteed a good show. And these guys were killing it.

cuteness overload interlude

back to the regularly scheduled programing

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Do you have an idea worth 100K?
Do you have an idea that could change the city?
If you do, People's Liberty would like to hear about them.
Up until now Cincinnati's charitable foundations have focused on places and events. A top down approach that work well. But is it the best way to bring change? We're about to find out because instead of investing in things, People’s Liberty aims to invest in people and ideas. And they're not just going to blindly hand people money. The goal is to set the artist, educator or big time dreamer up with contacts in an array of disciplines; PR people, branding or designers. Whatever is needed to bring this big idea to life.
Looking in from the outside this really feels like it could be a game changer. What idea could be worth $100K? Improving the health in a disadvantaged neighborhood? A new way to teach or mentor at risk youth? People's Liberty will award two Haile Fellowships every year for five years to answer this question.
Is there a less ambitious project out there? Project Grants will award up to $10,000 each for these projects that increase civic engagement and drive community development.
For artists there will be Globe Grants, up to $15,000 for a three month art installation in the Globe Building. The Globe Grant will be awarded four times a year.
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People belong in the street. For generations, the through-ways between urban structures were the gathering places of society. Streets were where we shopped, conversed, laughed, watched one another...
Then came the automobile, and the social fabric of street life was all but abolished.
- Hart Noecker of Rebel Metropolis

Cincy Summer Streets re-opened Cincinnati’s largest public space - its streets--and created a car-free space for everyone to play, run, walk, bike, skate, dance, create art, connect with their neighbors, and support local businesses.

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Lytle Park that is which is across the street from the Marriott Residence Inn where Top of the Park is located. The patio is open and comfortable, it doesn't feel like everyone is on top of each other. Plus all the dramatic views you would expect. The bar is only open to the public Tuesday thruogh Thursday and reserved for private parties on the weekend.[where: 45202]best place to learn how to live downtown cincinnati ohio the ethos of Cincinnati1 comments

While Walnut Hills waits patiently for Angst Coffee and Fireside Pizza to open there is still FIve Points Alley to draw people in. And Metrolab, the UC program that uses the city as a hands on lab still surprises with functional additions to the built environment of Five Points on a monthly basis.
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